Key: D5

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: G- - D5 - F#m- x2, Bm- - D5 - F#m- x2


Verse 1:
G5
  It's getting cold
               D5
Thought it was too soon to 
                A5
tell but it was terribly old 
           A5    F#5
and as the heartbeat 
 B5        E5   D5    F#5
slows to a heartless crawl
G5
  The lights went out The lights 
     D5                A5
went out and darkness filled the 
         A5 F#5 B5
house on tiring  night 
             E5 D5     F#5 E5   
under a Long Is land sky


Chorus 1:
B5                             E5
  I thought I'd known the consequence
but sweetness can you believe 
     A5
this? This mess we've made of it
D5                 F#5
  This mess we've made of it
B5
  In years to come it might 
     E5
make sense but sweetness
did you believe this?
A5
  Just what's become of it?
D5          F#5         B5  
  What's become of it?


Verse 2:
G5
  If you hear this and 
    D5
you think you're ready
     A5          A5  F#5 B5
then meet me in Montauk  where 
                E5 D5   F#5
we'll write out in the sand
G5                          D5
  Here lies the destiny of 2 
            A5           A5     F#5 B5
hurt souls afraid to be cured a     gain
                  E5 D5 F#5  (hold)
That could be our e  pitaph


Chorus 2:
B5                             E5
  I thought I'd known the consequence
but sweetness can you believe 
     A5
this? This mess we've made of it
D5                 F#5
  This mess we've made of it
B5
  In years to come it might 
     E5
make sense but sweetness
did you believe this?
A5
  Just what's become of it?
D5          F#5
  What's become of it?


Breakdown: B5  A5  C5  F#5   x2

Guitar Solo: B5  A5  G5  F#5   x2 F#5  


Chorus 3:
B5                             E5
  I thought I'd known the consequence
but sweetness can you believe 
     A5
this? This mess we've made of it
D5                 F#5
  This mess we've made of it
B5
  In years to come it might 
     E5
make sense but sweetness
did you believe this?
A5
  what's become of it?
D5          F#5            F#5
  What's become of it? I know


Chorus 4:
B5                             E5
  I thought I'd known the consequence
but sweetness can you believe 
     A5
this? This mess we've made of it
D5                 F#5
  This mess we've made of it
B5
  In years to come it might 
     E5
make sense but sweetness
did you forsee this?
A5
  Just what's become of it?
D5          F#5        Bm(hold)
  What's become